Fire districts face budget cuts

Firefighter Chris Cardwell aims the hose on Engine 10 during a training class. Firefighters inspect the equipment and train at station 10 off Immokalee Road on Friday. The Big Corkscrew fire district is facing another round of budget cuts for the second year in a row. Photo Gary Jung

Lt Mike Hoover, center, instructs firefighters as they prepare a pool to test the pumps on the fire equipment. The fire company trains for two hours every day. Firefighters inspect the equipment and train at station 10 off Immokalee Road on Friday. The Big Corkscrew fire district is facing another round of budget cuts for the second year in a row. Photo Gary Jung

The tanker is drined and the pumpers are tested during traing on Friday at station 10. Firefighter Eric Watson connects a hose to Engine 10. Firefighters inspect the equipment and train at station 10 off Immokalee Road on Friday. The Big Corkscrew fire district is facing another round of budget cuts for the second year in a row. Photo Gary Jung

Firefighter Chris Cardwell prepares for training. The fire company trains for two hours daily. Firefighters inspect the equipment and train at station 10 off Immokalee Road on Friday. The Big Corkscrew fire district is facing another round of budget cuts for the second year in a row. Photo Gary Jung

Firefighter prepare a pool to test the pumps on the fire equipment. The fire company trains for two hours every day. Firefighters inspect the equipment and train at station 10 off Immokalee Road on Friday. The Big Corkscrew fire district is facing another round of budget cuts for the second year in a row. Photo Gary Jung

Firfighter Eric Watson inspects the stations Engine 10. Firefighters inspect the equipment and train at station 10 off Immokalee Road on Friday. The Big Corkscrew fire district is facing another round of budget cuts for the second year in a row. Photo Gary Jung

Firefighters inspect the equipment and train at station 10 off Immokalee Road on Friday. The Big Corkscrew fire district is facing another round of budget cuts for the second year in a row. Photo Gary Jung

Lt Rob Boisselle, firefighter Fred Lehman, Lt Mike Hoover and Firefighter Eric Watson discuss equipment placement. Firefighters inspect the equipment and train at station 10 off Immokalee Road on Friday. The Big Corkscrew fire district is facing another round of budget cuts for the second year in a row. Photo Gary Jung

Firefighters inspect the equipment and train at station 10 off Immokalee Road on Friday. The Big Corkscrew fire district is facing another round of budget cuts for the second year in a row. Photo Gary Jung

Lt Mike Hoover watches training. Firefighters inspect the equipment and train at station 10 off Immokalee Road on Friday. The Big Corkscrew fire district is facing another round of budget cuts for the second year in a row. Photo Gary Jung

Firefighter Chris Cardwell and firefighter Eric Watson train at station 10. Firefighters inspect the equipment and train at station 10 off Immokalee Road on Friday. The Big Corkscrew fire district is facing another round of budget cuts for the second year in a row. Photo Gary Jung

Lt Rob Boisselle and Firefighter Eric Watson train on engin 10. Firefighters inspect the equipment and train at station 10 off Immokalee Road on Friday. The Big Corkscrew fire district is facing another round of budget cuts for the second year in a row. Photo Gary Jung

Firefighter Chris Cardwell prepares the equipment for training. Firefighters inspect the equipment and train at station 10 off Immokalee Road on Friday. The Big Corkscrew fire district is facing another round of budget cuts for the second year in a row. Photo Gary Jung

Lt Rob Boisselle helps lay out equipment during daily training at the fire station. Firefighters inspect the equipment and train at station 10 off Immokalee Road on Friday. The Big Corkscrew fire district is facing another round of budget cuts for the second year in a row. Photo Gary Jung

Kathy Gumph, left, the volunteer coordinator and an adoption counselor at the Humane Society in Naples, chats with Cherie Peacock, right, of Naples, about adopting "Chloe", a 13-month-old Jack Russell Terrier, in the Humane Society's "Real Life Room" on Thursday, June 10, 2010. The "Real Life Room" allows potential pet adopters a chance to interact with the animals, as well as enables the adoption counselors the opportunity to observe how the animals and their prospective owners take to each other - just part of the process that ensures the animals are going to safe and nurturing homes. Photo by Tristan Spinski

Lt. Rob Boisselle instructs firefighters where to stion equipment during training. Firefighters inspect the equipment and train at station 10 off Immokalee Road on Friday. The Big Corkscrew fire district is facing another round of budget cuts for the second year in a row. Photo Gary Jung

Firefighter Chris Cardwell inspects the stations Attack 10 truck part of the daily inspections. Firefighters inspect the equipment and train at station 10 off Immokalee Road on Friday. The Big Corkscrew fire district is facing another round of budget cuts for the second year in a row. Photo Gary Jung

Firefighter Chris Cardwell prepares for training. The fire company trains for two hours daily. Firefighters inspect the equipment and train at station 10 off Immokalee Road on Friday. The Big Corkscrew fire district is facing another round of budget cuts for the second year in a row. Photo Gary Jung

Firefighter Eric Watson prepares for training. The fire company trains for two hours daily. Firefighters inspect the equipment and train at station 10 off Immokalee Road on Friday. The Big Corkscrew fire district is facing another round of budget cuts for the second year in a row. Photo Gary Jung

Firfighter Chris Cardwell a 7 year veteran at the station inspects Tanker 10 during morning inspection. Firefighters inspect the equipment and train at station 10 off Immokalee Road on Friday. The Big Corkscrew fire district is facing another round of budget cuts for the second year in a row. Photo Gary Jung

Firfighter Chris Cardwell a 7 year veteran at the station inspects Tanker 10 during morning inspection. Firefighters inspect the equipment and train at station 10 off Immokalee Road on Friday. The Big Corkscrew fire district is facing another round of budget cuts for the second year in a row. Photo Gary Jung

Lt Mike Hoover, center, instructs firefighters as they prepare a pool to test the pumps on the fire equipment. The fire company trains for two hours every day. Firefighters inspect the equipment and train at station 10 off Immokalee Road on Friday. The Big Corkscrew fire district is facing another round of budget cuts for the second year in a row. Photo Gary Jung